Manager Project

Jeff Helder

**** *. ******* ****** **** • Springfield, MO 65809 • 417-***-****

**********@*****.*** • jeffhelder.home.mchsi.com

Education

Drury College, Springfield, Missouri

Bachelor Degree in Studio Art, Graphic Design with emphasis in Visual Communication.

Work Experience

May 2009 – January 2010

Dameron Color Lab

Graphics Department Manager

Responsible for creative and production processes. Oversee and supervises graphics department in creating and designing

new products and implementing design in production . Designing new product design from concept to completion with keep-

ing within financial budget and within deadline. Managing graphics department with working with Customer Service De-

partment to help customers with design of custom products. Roy Dameron, Owner

January 2008 - July 2008

Wannenmacher Advertising Company

Art Director

Establish the conceptual and stylistic direction for clients and orchestrate workflow, as well as the work of outside vendors

such as, photographers, illustrators, prepress technicians, printers, video technicians involved in the development of a pro-

ject. Oversaw and designed websites for clients such as Gammill.com and Castomagic.com using Photoshop, Illustrator, and

Dreamweaver.

Paul Wannenmacher, Owner

August 2003 - March 2007

Tracker Marine Group

Senior Art Director

Supervise creative design and art production within a specific project team; direct and develop final visual image that commu-

nicates the organization’s marketing objectives and specifications/pricing requirements. Work within budget restrictions and

production deadlines while satisfying the needs of the brand team leaders and internal marketing and creative objectives.

Provide the design and/or digital art production for company and marketing products, including sales promotion materials,

product marketing materials, company newsletters, internal and dealer programs, specialty items and presentations, including

graphics for national boat shows and for the Tracker Dealer Convention, both print and online. Oversaw branding to tie print-

ing campaigns into online marketing materials on the Trackermarine.com website. Monitor project specification and desired

quality for the company’s printed materials and on line postings. Coordinated and managed art production, print and schedul-

ing support. Working with Adobe Creative Suite, QuarkXpress and Microsoft Office.Joe Gies, Creative Director

March 1999 - March 2003

Chase Studio, Inc.

Senior Graphic Designer

Produces creative design, layout art production and photo re-touching within a specific project team; develop final visual image that

communicates the organization’s graphics objectives and meet specifications and pricing requirements. Work within budget restric-

tions and production deadlines while satisfying the needs of the team leaders and internal creative objectives. Provide the design

and/or digital art production for exhibit products. Monitor assigned project specifications and desired quality for the company’s

printed materials. Software used to design exhibit pieces are Photoshop, Indesign, QuarkXress, and Illustrator. Designed and pro-

duced marketing materials for company including company website Chasestudio.com using Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash and

Dreamweaver.

David Darby, Graphics Manager

October 1996 - March 1999

Silver Dollar City, Inc.

Graphic Designer

Provide the design and digital art production for company and marketing graphic art materials, product marketing materials, com-

pany newsletters, internal programs, specialty items and presentations, both in print and online. Monitor project specification and

desired quality for the company’s print materials. Coordinate digital art production, print and schedule support to project initiator

and project manager. Design and produce a variety of work including brochures, periodical advertising, posters, direct mailing ma-

terial, logos and other materials for eight corporate properties in the United States. Designed and produced graphics for print, web

and broadcast using Photoshop, Illustrator and QuarkXpress.

John Neimeyer, Production Manager.

February 1996 - October 1996

McBee Loose Leaf Binders

Graphic Designer

Conceptualization and design and production of all specialty binder covers with use of offset print, screen print and foil stamp

design. Work closely with press operators to keep production flow running smoothly. Software used includes QuarkXpress, Pho-

toshop and Illustrator.

Brenda Porterfield, Production Manager.

March 1995 - January 1996

Master Services Printing & Lithography

Graphic Designer

Manage digital print process of publications, brochures, flyers, advertisements from concept through production. Work with scan-

ning, image retouch and 4-color process digital production.

Stan McKinnon, Prepress Supervisor.

Internship

January 1994 - May 1994

Adworks Advertising Agency

Assistant in designing and producing a large variety of printed work from logos, brochures, catalogs, books, etc... Estimate

costs, take bids, deal with typesetters and printers and generally running a small agency. Approximately 80% of work done on

MacIntosh computers.

Deanie Murphy, Owner.

Software Skills

Adobe Creative Suite

QuarkXpress

Microsoft Office

Awards

2009 Silver Addy, Springfield Ad Club

Marketing Campaign, Strong, Garner and Bauer Marketing Packet

2007 Silver Addy, Springfield Ad Club

Four Color In-House Marketing - 2007 O’Reilly Auto Parts Dealer Marketing Plan

2006 Gold Addy, Springfield Ad Club Four Color Brochure - 2006 Tahoe Sport Boats

2006 Silver Addy, Springfield Ad ClubFour Color Brochure - 2006 Mako Boats

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